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May/June 2014 | VoLuMe 2, iSSue 3

A publication of science and technology news from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

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may/June 2014 | Volume 2, Issue 3

In thIs Issue

Departments

aCronyM GuiDe

DireCtor’S Corner

neWSbriefS

features

ConCept DeVeLopMent

An Army Technology interview with Lt. Gen. Keith C.

Walker, ARCIC’s director, about the center’s key role.

Chief of the arMy ViSion

“We are responsible for what our Army will be in the

future. We stand on the shoulders of those that came

before us, those that sacrificed in order to make the

United States Army what it is today.” Gen. Raymond T.

Odierno

LiGhten the LoaD

Military research aims to lighten the load through

innovation. By DAvID MCNALLy, RDECOM PUBLIC

AffAIRS

iron Man

A suit that’s been likened to the one worn by the “Iron

Man” movies superhero that offers operators better

protection, enhanced performance and improved

situational awareness. By DONNA MILES, AMERICAN

fORCES PRESS SERvICE

ManeuVer MobiLity

TARDEC engineers are exploring future mobility and

protection concepts.

netWorKinG the future Warrior

The Army has a tactical network that provides

commanders and Soldiers with information down to

the lowest echelons of the battlefield. By BRIG. GEN.

DANIEL P. HUGHES, DR. PAUL ZABLOCKy AND

ROBERT ZANZALARI

eye arMor

Eyesight is fundamental to a Soldier’s job, making vision

protection of critical importance. By JANE BENSON,

NSRDEC PUBLIC AffAIRS

Miniature robotS

Researchers aggressively explore miniature robots to

enhance capabilities. By TRACIE R. DEAN, ARL PUBLIC

AffAIRS

next-Gen proteCtiVe MaSK

In 2013, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

scientists began designing concepts for the next

generation of chemical, biological, radioactive and

nuclear respirators. By ECBC COMMUNICATIONS

foreCaStinG future neeDS

ARL scientists forecast future warrior needs. T’JAE

GIBSON, ARL PUBLIC AffAIRS

SoLDier WeaponS

PEO Soldier takes the long view approach to weapons

development. By DEBI DAWSON, PEO SOLDIER

interVieW With JaMeS b. LaCKey

James Lackey talks about the U.S. Army Aviation and

Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center.

hanDS-free naViGation

Researchers develop hands-free, eyes-free navigation

for Soldiers. JOyCE M. CONANT, ARL PUBLIC AffAIRS

ACRoNym GUIDE

RDECOM

AMC

AMRDEC

ARCIC

ARDEC

ARL

ASA(ALT)

CERDEC

DARPA

ECBC

MPDS

NSRDEC

PEO C3T

PEO Soldier

TARDEC

TRADOC

Research, Development and Engineering Command

U.S. Army Materiel Command

Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering

Center

Army Capabilities Integration Center

U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering

Center

Army Research Laboratory

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and

Technology

Communications-Electronics Research, Development and

Engineering Center

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Mobile Power Distribution System

Natick Soldier Research, Development

and Engineering Center

Program Executive Office for Command, Control and

Communications-Tactical

Program Executive Office Soldier

Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering

Center

Training and Doctrine Command

Front Cover credit:

2013 RDECOM Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Staff

Sgt. Joshua Menninger portrays the Soldier of the future. (U.S. Army illustration

by Joe Stephens with photo by Conrad Johnson)

Back Cover credit:

U.S. Army illustration by Henry Marnghitr with photo by Tom

Faulkner

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story with additional content

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DIreCtor’s Corner: solDIer of the future

Science-fiction writers envision technologies that scientists and

engineers often create in the future. Consider the smartphone. Once

firmly in the realm of science fiction, we use our “communicators” to not

only talk to someone on the other side of the globe, but also to schedule

our calendars, check e-mail, or access the Internet. Forty years ago, this

seemed unattainable.

Yet Army researchers within the Army Materiel Command and Re-

search, Development and Engineering Command team achieve innovation

by imagining something and then creating an idea or concept that can

change the nature of the fight.

In the future, quantum communications will enable entangled atoms

to pass information with no apparent connection. This means bandwidth

will not be an issue. It also means secure communications. We are working

on this with the University of Maryland.

We are also working closely with the U.S. Special Operations Com-

mand on the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS. Sensors

will give Soldiers a wealth of information, and the suit will provide better

protection, enhanced performance and improved situational awareness.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno wants us to focus on the

squad and individual Soldier, and we are focused on lightening the load

both physically and cognitively.

As Soldiers access more data, it becomes a constant stream of infor-

mation. Those of us who remember the early Internet went through this

as it matured from a novelty to a vital, yet sometimes overwhelming con-

nection to the world. During the early days of the Internet the trick was

to find information. Then it became finding good information. The same

is happening to Soldiers. We need to provide the right information at the

right time in a form Soldiers can use. After all, Soldiers use information to

make decisions in a split second and often under dire circumstances.

When I served on a submarine in the U.S. Navy, my boat had the latest

sonar and torpedo fire-control system. The system could easily overwhelm

the crew with the number of screens and the amount of information it

provided, but it enabled each of us to configure the output to best support

our decision-making process. I see this in the same way. Military technolo-

gy must provide the Soldier with information best suited to an individual’s

decision-making process. As researchers and engineers, the more thought

put into designing a streamlined, configurable information flow, the better

off our Soldiers will be. We will help our Soldiers to make the best deci-

sions with the best information at the speed of battle, which can be the

difference between life and death, victory and defeat.

To achieve this end as we

move forward with an even more

technology-oriented Soldier, our

scientists at the U.S. Army Research

Laboratory are developing a helmet

that can sense who’s wearing it.

This helmet will provide information

contextually tailored by its wearer.

Smart helmets are just one

of the technologies that will help

provide warriors with information

they need. If it takes too long for our

Soldiers to evaluate the information,

we may lose the fight. Time is criti-

cal to their success.

We envision a day when squad

leaders will have an app that out-

lines missions and mission require-

Dale A. Ormond

Director, RDECOM

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ments. Imagine a squad leader sharing information with his or her team

by laying out the mission and specifying the required equipment. Instead

of needing a briefing to be told what to do, Soldiers will customize their kit

and meet for the first time, ready to execute the mission.

Future American warriors will depend on technologies that better pro-

tect them and prepare them for the fight. RDECOM’s technology develop-

ment strategy ties everything together, from lethality to protection.

This integration is critical to the chief of staff’s vision of a future Army

that will be technologically competent and feature enhanced combat

power with fewer Soldiers. Connectivity and integration are critical attri-

butes to enable our technologies to be greater than the sum of their parts,

just as the Internet and cloud applications are helping mobile devices rival

the power of desktop computers of a few years ago. We have this firmly

in mind for the goals of the Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization

program for Army 2025 and continuing toward the Army of 2040.

We are focused on developing technologies that give our Soldiers the

advantage of an unfair fight. That’s our primary motivation. With AMC,

RDECOM has tremendous capabilities. Between what we develop and what

we help industry modify to meet our specific requirements, there is no

one better positioned to accomplish this mission. We will continue to do

the necessary work to enable our leadership’s vision for the Army of the

future.

eDitoriaL Staff

Dale a. ormond,

RDECOM Director

Command Sgt. Maj. Lebert o. beharie

Senior Enlisted Advisor

Joseph ferrare

RDECOM Public Affairs Officer, (410) 306-4489

David Mcnally

Managing Editor, david.mcnally@us.army.mil

Dan Lafontaine

Associate Editor, daniel.e.lafontaine2.ctr@mail.mil

rDeCoM on the Web

http://www.army.mil/rdecom

SoCiaL MeDia

http://about.me/rdecom

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Command Publishing

carol@command-publishing.com, (301) 938-8364

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vP Sales and Marketing

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